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: In a sudden shock, a Japanese sniper kills Stryker during a lull in the fighting. The men find an unfinished letter to his son on his body, expressing the love and pride he could never say in person.

The narrative begins at a training camp where Stryker uses brutal methods and rigid discipline to prepare his men for the realities of the Pacific theater. Sands of Iwo Jima

: The squad witnesses the iconic raising of the American flag. The film famously features three of the actual surviving flag-raisers—Ira Hayes, Rene Gagnon, and John Bradley—playing themselves. : In a sudden shock, a Japanese sniper

: The squad joins the patrol that charges up Mount Suribachi. In a moment of reconciliation, Conway saves Stryker's life, and the two men find mutual respect. : The squad witnesses the iconic raising of

In the classic 1949 film Sands of Iwo Jima , the story follows a squad of green Marine recruits as they are molded into a disciplined fighting force by their battle-hardened and widely despised leader, Sergeant John M. Stryker (John Wayne) . From Training to Tarawa

The climax takes place during the invasion of Iwo Jima in 1945. As the men struggle through the treacherous black volcanic sand, they finally realize that Stryker’s relentless training is what is keeping them alive.